Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Notation
- Part I Concepts, Theory, and Implementation
- 1 Introduction to Maximum Likelihood
- 2 Theory and Properties of Maximum Likelihood Estimators
- 3 Maximum Likelihood for Binary Outcomes
- 4 Implementing MLE
- Part II Model Evaluation and Interpretation
- Part III The Generalized Linear Model
- Part IV Advanced Topics
- Part V A Look Ahead
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Implementing MLE
from Part I - Concepts, Theory, and Implementation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Notation
- Part I Concepts, Theory, and Implementation
- 1 Introduction to Maximum Likelihood
- 2 Theory and Properties of Maximum Likelihood Estimators
- 3 Maximum Likelihood for Binary Outcomes
- 4 Implementing MLE
- Part II Model Evaluation and Interpretation
- Part III The Generalized Linear Model
- Part IV Advanced Topics
- Part V A Look Ahead
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Provides some of the details of numerical optimization as applied to likelihood functions and discusses possible problems, both computational and data-generated.
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